Open Source Ecology (OSE) International
OSE is a global movement and collaboratory. Our goal and current engagement is building the world's first replicable, open source, post-industrial village. To build such a village, we are developing and testing the set of tools required to build such a village - the Global Village Construction Set. Land stewardship and local production via open source design and digital fabrication are the key features of this adventure. Right livelihood and resolution of pressing world issues is the intended byproduct.
- Our main open source collaboratory and land-based development facility, since 2007, is Factor e Farm, in the Kansas City area, central USA. See our weblog for ongoing updates.
- Ongoing events and workshops are posted at the Factor e Farm mailing list
- Our static website is here
- First year of Factor e Farm
- Wiki development site for the Global Village Construction Set
- The first university chapter of OSE started in 2008 at the U. Missouri, Columbia
- See our legacy webpage here.
- Archives of some of our theory and history are here.
External Links
- P2P Foundation called us, arguably, the most important social experiment in the world
- BoingBoing article on the open source, CEB press - [The Liberator]
- Wired magazine blog on The Liberator
- Discussion of the economic model for open source production - with The Liberator as a case in point
- Followup discussion on economic sustainability of open production by P2P Foundation
- Discussion on land stewardship basis of distributive economies
- Open source design and manufacturing resource at the P2P Foundation - [1]
- OSE Specifications for Distributive Production and internal link
- Review of sustainability movements - [2]
- Greenr - Accelerate the Change - blog post on Open Source Ecology
- German blog discussing the wealth of resources that come from land
Videos
- Factor e Live series - chronicles of Global Village construction
- Video Interview on Global Swadeshi Dialogues
- Video of Presentation on the Global Village Construction Set, U. Missouri, Columbia, 2008
- Audio interview with Agroinnovations
Highlights of our Work
- Advanced Compressed Earth Block (CEB) press prototype done
- Open source tractor prototype in action
- Product ecology overview
- OSE Product Development Cycle
- Neocommercialization of open source technology
- Technical proposal for the Global Village Construction Set
Collaboration
- Core Development Team application - for the Global Village Construction Set
- Solar Turbine development email group
- Student internships and research - see Research Projects
- We are accepting organic farming internships through ATTRA, Organic Volunteers, and WWOOF